If you’re here for a ghost story, you may be disappointed.It’s a romance, it’s a mystery, it’s full of intrigue, it’s a celebration of the magic of books, but (spoiler alert?) you’re not going to find any supernatural beings on these pages. If that disappoints you, well, this book may not be for you.But if you love a good book, you’re about to meet a kindred spirit. His name is Roger Mifflin, and he can’t stop talking about how books can save your life, save your soul and p...

The Zero Aggression Principle states, “No one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being for any reason whatever; nor should anyone advocate the initiation of force, or delegate it to anyone else.”This quirky little book contains two dozen poems, short stories, prose poems and aphorisms around the theme of finding a way to live and let live in peace — to co-exist without forcing a way of life on people.Because “The way you play a b...

"When this wonderful little book by Warren Bluhm first dropped into my hands a decade ago, I thought it was important. Today, I think it’s particularly vital," Wally Conger writes in the preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition of Refuse to be Afraid.As Bluhm writes:"You are the boss of you. It’s your life; you have to live with the choices you make; make sure those choices are actually yours."The first step is controlling your fear. Not 'Don’t be scared' —...

"Life is better lived when you search for the light and not the dark."Here are 101 encouragements for when you’re about to embark on a new adventure, when you’re wrestling with doubt, when you could use a gentle push, or all of the above. From the author of Refuse to be Afraid and A Scream of Consciousness.

Edmund Filliput is a successful businessman, but he is living a dreary life on a dreary Christmas Eve. Then he meets a happy stranger who keeps Christmas in his heart year-round. Over a cup of coffee and a bowl of beef stew, the stranger offers to send three friends to Edmund who will show him the meaning of Christmas. Will the "friends" convince Edmund in time to salvage this Christmas and rescue his life?People who are grumpy at Christmastime are often chided with, "Oh, don't be ...

Paul Phillips just wanted to spend a nice night shopping with his girlfriend, but what he found inside that old antique shop changed his life. Now he was Myke Phoenix, superhero protector of Astor City, and lining up against the Forces of Evil in the World. Not even he knows how he inhabits the indestructible body of a long-dead warrior – all he knows is the fate of the city, the continent and perhaps the world depends on him.He’s defeated his arch-nemesis once, but now she rises a...

There's an old Buick Riviera under a tarp in Guinevere Thompson's garage — but don't call her Guinevere. On her deathbed, Jeep's mother tells her it's really a vehicle called the Traveler that travels through space, time and dimensions. A mysterious woman appears at Mom's funeral and promises to unveil all its secrets — but instead she shows up with a small army to try to seize the car.Jeep's narrow escape is the beginning of an epic adventure that will take her to Venus and beyond...

There has to be something more to life than moving through a haze. And every now and then, it gets to you. You just want to wake up, smile at God and the universe and shout: I’m alive! I’m here! I’m ready to make a difference! That’s a scream of consciousness. This book is about getting conscious and staying alive, moment by moment.

Scientists have harnessed the power of the imagination as a source of energy. Of course, whenever a new power source is discovered, some idiot finds a way to weaponize it.Bob Whelan and Pete Wong are independent interstellar truckers caught in the middle when their freighter, the Betsy Ross, is commandeered to transfer a small, mysterious object and then hijacked by masked terrorists led by a small, mysterious woman who seems eerily familiar to Bob.With the help of...

A collision at a store entrance reverberates for 70 romantic years.Fleeing from danger, a man meets an old friend with a secret.A dragon settles in the backyard, vigilant and watching for - what?A cow, a moose and a gnome meet on a shelf and become fast friends.A man absent-mindedly crosses into a colorful, whimsical world.The author of Ebenezer, Myke Phoenix, Dejah & Summer in the Time of Magic and The Imaginary Bom...

They are mostly silent friends and companions, my dogs, and so it was quite a surprise the morning they began to speak.That in itself was uncanny, but it wasn't long after that before the three of us were drawn into an adventure that involved dragons, elfin beings, talking animals, and — what else? — an existential threat to all that is.Dejah & Sumer in the Time of Magic could be described as a madcap romp for anyone who loves stories about good versus evil, life and death,...

History doesn't repeat itself, but you can hear its echoes every day. The same wind that brings echoes of past foolishness also brings echoes of lost freedoms, echoes that are never quite stilled.This is a little book about what used to be, what is, and what could be if we wish to reclaim it.There is a section about freedom and the Bill of Rights. There is a section about what has been happening in the last several years, and how everything changed, almost in a blink. And t...